LTE FINAL STUDY SET Flashcards
(38 cards)
THRUST STAGE
a theater stage in which the audience sits around three sides of the acting
Hoe do readers or viewers of a play generally come to understand the theme of that work?
It can be inferred from the ACTION
In a dramatic performance, how does the exposition occur?
conveyed implicitly through the play’s DIALOGUE
FOIL
a character designed to illuminate another character by contrast
What does the “unity of time” refer to?
a limitation on the play’s action to a short span of time, usually no more than a day
What best describes the suggestions provided by the playwright for how to produce and perform a drama?
stage directions
what best describes the crucial difference between drama and other major genres of fictional prose and poetry?
online prose and poetry, DRAMA IS WRITTEN PRIMARILY TO BE PERFORMED
How do you best describe verbal irony?
it is dialogue that seems to mean one thing but really means something else
what question do you need to ask yourself when reading a play that you do not need to ask when seeing a play performed live?
What does the setting of this play look like?
PLOT TIME
the time during which the character in the play live and act
What is the name of Stella and Blanches ancestral home?
Belle Reve
What type of music does Blanche hear when she remembers her husband’s death?
Polka
in what manner did Blanche’s husband die?
suicide
what present does Stanley give Blanche for her birthday?
a train ticket
what does Blanche say as the doctor and nurse escort her from the apartment at the end of the play?
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”
how does Mitch learn that Blanche has been lying to him?
Stanley tells him
What does Blanche’s obsession with light reveal about her character?
- Blanche doesn’t like the light because it shows her true self
- can’t hide from her true feelings
“Why you all keep it so cold in here? Sturdyvant try and pinch every penny he can. You all wanna make some records, you better put some heat on in here or give me back my coat
Ma Rainey
“I done told you…the boy’s gonna do the part. He don’t stutter all the time. Just give him a chance.”
Ma Rainey
“I got talent! Me and this horn…we’s tight. If my daddy knowed I was gonna turn out like this, he would’ve named me Gabriel.”
Levee
“Come on! Come on and turn your back on me! Turn your back on me! Come on! Here is you? Come on and turn your back on me! Turn your back on me, motherfucker! I’ll cut your heart out!”
Levee
“That’s the only way he got out of there alive…was to dance. Ain’t even had no respect for a man of God! Wanna make him into a clown. Reverend Gates sat right in my house and told me that story from his own mouth. So…the white folks don’t care nothing about Ma Rainey.”
Cutler
“Look,…give me a chance, okay? Here…sit down. I’ll take care of it. Officer, what’s the problem?”
Irvin
“I’m not putting up with any shenanigans. You hear? I’m just not gonna stand for it. I want you to keep her in line.”
Sturdyvant
